This Week’s News
Legislative Report: Ninth week shaping up to be busy
I fully expect by the end of this week, over 500 bills will have been introduced.
Our Creative Kids: Charlie Lewis
Charlie is in 6th grade and she draws in her freetime.
Brandon’s love of movies goes back in time
In October of 1899, not long after Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope, Brandon Town Hall hosted the Alonzo Hatch Electro-Photo Musical Company, giving the town its first taste of the new technology.
Town Meeting Previews: Brandon, Goshen, Leicester, Pittsford, Proctor & Whiting
It’s time for Town Meeting! We are the lucky heirs of a great New England tradition of community debate. Be sure to read up on what’s up for a vote this year in your town.
Q&A with candidates for Brandon Selectboard
The candidates running for the three-year seat are Brian Coolidge (incumbent) and Marielle Blais. The candidates running for the two one-year seats are Seth Hopkins (incumbent), Ralph Either (incumbent), and Cecil Reniche-Smith.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Otter Valley puts up a fight, but loses in Championship game to powerhouse Woodstock
The Otter Valley football team made an unanticipated trip to the Vermont Division 3 championship game but lost 65–14 to a fast and dominating Woodstock team that featured 13 seniors.
OV football stuns BFA Fairfax; will play division championship
Last Saturday, in a show of outstanding football, the Otter Valley Otters defeated the BFA Fairfax Bullets in a show of stellar offense and gutsy defense. On a raw day with occasional sleet, a crowd of 300 showed up in Fairfax to witness the semifinal game which looked to be a sure thing for the Bullets, who were undefeated at 10-0 versus the Otters at 5-4.
OV Football wins big in playoffs, moves to state semis
Isaac Whitney had a huge game, gaining 180 yards and scoring 4 touchdowns to lead the Otter Valley football team to a 46–14 playoff win over rival Mill River Saturday night under the new lights at Markowski Field.
Local group proposes multi-town community rec center
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a bunch of middle-aged friends in Pittsford want to play some pick-up basketball. Or some older folks want to continue their daily exercise walks when the snow is knee deep outside in winter. Or some kids want to play volleyball but the school gyms are all closed. Where can they go?
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.

